Comment by Gankom on 01/12/2024 at 15:44 UTC

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View submission: Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | December 01, 2024

As always, spare a moment of your Sunday to consider some of the fascinating yet overlooked questions we’ve gotten this past week. Feel free to post your own, or those you’ve come across in your travels, and maybe we’ll get lucky with a wandering expert.

/u/holomorphic_chipotle asked Did Native Americans have legal standing in English courts?

/u/OnShoulderOfGiants asked Why is the death of Marcus Aurelius often considered the end of the Pax Romana?

/u/Kumquats_indeed asked Do we know how spicy chili peppers were around the time Europeans first encountered them? What sort of varieties were there in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica at the time?

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Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:44 UTC

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/u/Weekly_Solid_5884 asked What happened if you surrendered immediately during the Golden Age of Piracy?

/u/gynnis-scholasticus asked What did Ottoman authorities think of early European archaeologists in Mesopotamia?

Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:46 UTC

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/u/bobisarocknewaccount asked Why were religious holidays (such as Christmas) permitted to become federal holidays in the USA, given that the First Amendment prohibits favoring one set of religious beliefs over another?[1]

Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:44 UTC

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/u/AlviseFalier asked How did the Korean War avoid the sort of social and cultural backlash that the Vietnam War generated?

/u/IronWarriorU asked The B-17 Flying Fortress ball turret seems insane. Were there any alternatives available at the time of design, and how was it evaluated throughout the war?

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/u/darthindica asked Why was the video game "Half-Life 2" such a big deal in 2004?

/u/sleepyirl_2067 asked Japan is now known for its many niche fashion subcultures. What historical forces/circumstances shaped the rise of these subcultures? How & why did they arise?

Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:44 UTC

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/u/RusticBohemian asked Western democracies gave women the right to vote piecemeal between the late 19th century and 1991. Can we discern any significant policy or rhetorical changes taking place in individual countries or as a whole due to female voter influence?

/u/Overall_Rope_5475 asked Egyptologists/Egypt Historians, what happened to average women and children in Ancient Egypt when the man died early, with no sons?